|
the term self-evident is banging around this little hall of mirrors because of a post i made--and it wasn't really the point.
my position was--and still is---that it is more than passing strange that the space within the dominant media apparatus in the states where such critiques of cnbc or kramer or whatever happens is a show on comedy central. while i like jon stewart well enough (i suppose) and agree with what was said about about his role as court jester--that u.s. "democracy" is so structured that the idea of a court jester makes sense is also curious. i think it is an indication of a debilitating fear of actual debate that seems to be of a piece with the need to sell advertising. i think it is an ideological and political *problem*...
that such critiques come from jon stewart has another limitation as well--the critiques are themselves advanced in soundbyte form and debate becomes a matter of whose bytes are better.
we live in an authoritarian cultural system.
if want a demonstration of the fact that what to some is obvious is to others transparent--they see through the frame as if there was no frame and so can and do say nothing about the frame (because functionally it doesn't exist)--start there.
__________________
a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
|